Large American and European banks are financing the destruction of rainforest, despite “sustainability pledges which specifically mention deforestation.”

The money is aiding a process that scientists say destroys ecosystems, displaces indigenous communities and covers the region each year in a thick, suffocating smog that stretches from Jakarta to Hong Kong.

Of course The Drumpf is serving his own needs first. Of course he lied to those who voted for him. Of course those who voted for him were fools to believe that he would follow through on his promises to them.

He’s outsourcing our economic policy to Wall Street.

“Steve Mnuchin is just another Wall Street insider,” Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said in a joint statement. “That is not the type of change that Donald Trump promised to bring to Washington — that is hypocrisy at its worst.”

The staff at NobodyisFlyingthePlane would like to see if the promises of candidate Clinton will be kept by President C, should she be elected.

Her words seem to be what we need. Her summary of financial reforms speaks volumes.

The proper role of Wall Street is to help Main Street grow and prosper. When our financial sector works the right way, it helps families buy their first homes, entrepreneurs start and grow small businesses and hardworking Americans save for retirement. Rather than pursuing the kind of high-stakes speculation that devastated our economy before, Wall Street should focus on building an economy that creates good-paying jobs, rising incomes and sound investments so that more families can achieve the security of a middle-class life.